Rules of Golf Review: I took the club back and my ball dropped farther into the rough. Is that a penalty? Whether a golf ball is sitting in tall grass, pine straw, leaves or some other form of ...

5 Rules Golfers Always Breaks. The rules of golf can be complex and difficult to interpret at times and there are some that golfers nearly always get wrong! In this video, Joel Tadman is joined by ...

There's your score, and then there's your score for handicap purposes. Here's the difference and how to calculate them both ...

While it might be at least five years before the new balls become the ones you play, you might have some questions about the balls you currently carry in your bag. For example, who among us hasn't ...

If you need to reload due to a sub-par tee shot, do you have to declare your next shot as a provisional? Rules Guy has the answer. The post Rules Guy: Are you required to declare a provisional before ...

In this video, Neil Tappin is joined by Golf Monthly's Rules Guru Jezz Ellwood to discuss the 6 Rules Most Golfers Don't Know. Even though the rules of golf are revised and most golfers were aware of ...

A round must be played by the Rules of Golf to be acceptable for handicap purposes, subject to the following: (i) Organized Competitions. In a situation where a player is disqualified from a ...

Rules are rules. But their ramifications vary. Sometimes they seem to conspire against us, piling on a penalty at the worst possible moment. Other times, they smile openly in our favor. Think back to ...

The third thing is that the procedure for what to do changes if your ball was deliberately deflected while in motion. A ...

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Imagine this: You’re feeling great about your game one day. Everything’s in sync — your form, your rhythm, your swing tempo. All that work on the range? Finally paying off. You step onto the tee, line ...

The USGA and the R&A regulate golf balls under the Equipment Rules to control distance and overall performance. The goal isn’t to stop innovation; ...